The great thing, then, in all education, is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy.
WILLIAM JAMESThe great thing, then, in all education, is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy.
WILLIAM JAMESThere is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.
WILLIAM JAMESOn pragmatistic principles, if the hypothesis of God works satisfactorily in the widest sense of the word, it is true.
WILLIAM JAMESThe true’to put it very briefly, is only the expedient in the way of our thinking, just as ‘the right’ is only the expedient in the way of our behaving.
WILLIAM JAMESThere can be no final truth in ethics any more than in physics, until the last man has had his experience and said his say.
WILLIAM JAMESAnything you may hold firmly in your imagination can be yours.
WILLIAM JAMESIt is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
WILLIAM JAMESWhat would be better for us to believe!’ This sounds very like a definition of truth
WILLIAM JAMESDemocracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.
WILLIAM JAMESHuman beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
WILLIAM JAMESThe emotions aren’t always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action.
WILLIAM JAMESThere is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood bu those who hear it.
WILLIAM JAMESBelieve that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
WILLIAM JAMESIf you give appreciation to people, you win their goodwill. But more important than that, practicing this philosophy has made a different person of me.
WILLIAM JAMES… the intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.
WILLIAM JAMESEarnestness means willingness to live with energy, though energy bring pain.
WILLIAM JAMES